Name not reported
Ten Black men were taken from a South Carolina jail by several hundred Ku Klux Klan members acting under military organization, according to a joint congressional committee report printed in the Evening Star in July 1871. The committee said the men were whipped, mutilated and hanged. The committee investigated the killings and reported on how the men were taken from custody and killed. The report is attributed here as the committee's account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A joint congressional committee report, as printed in the Evening Star, says the Ku Klux Klan took the men from a South Carolina jail and hanged them after whipping and mutilation.
Reported by: Joint congressional committee report, as printed in the Evening Star.